Trichosalpinx

Finding

Plant identification aided by Alfonso Doucette. Trichosalpinx patula is synonymous with Pendusalpinx patula. Key characteristics of this plant which identify it as Pendusalpinx patula include the ramicauls covered in prominent white bracts on the newest growths, leaves that are distinctly glaucous, a pair of broad wings on the column and leaves which turn down and are basally twisted; flower size also is in range for P. patula.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 9.5 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1

Leaf Length: 8.0 cm

Leaf Width: 1.7 cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: unifoliate, lanceolate

Pseudobulb Length: to 9.5 cm

Pseudobulb Width: 0.1 cm

Pseudobulb Distance: 0.2 cm, not consistent

Inflorescence Overall Length: 1.8 - 2.2 cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 1.0 cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.3 cm

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.3 cm

Floral Bracts Length: 0.4 cm

Floral Bracts Width: 0.1 cm

Ovary Length: 0.15 cm

Ovary Width: 0.1 cm

Ovary Shape: conical

Ovary Color: pale burgundy

Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.5 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.3 cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.4 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.15 cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.3 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.15 cm

Petals Length: minute

Judging Center: Glencoe, Illinois

Award Number: 20232571

Award Date: February 12, 2023

Awarded As: Trichosalpinx escobarii 'Tiny Something'

Plant purchased from Ecuagenera
Twelve flowers, one bud on three pendent terminal inflorescences to five centimeters emerging from base of leaves, a fourth immature inflorescence, on a 17 tightly clustered growth plant 7.5-cm tall by 11-cm wide growing in a 4.5-cm plastic pot set inside a clay pot; unifoliate ramicauls to 9.5-cm, enveloped in 7-8 sheaths, leaves lanceolate, 1.7cm wide by 8-cm long; flowers sequentially blooming, cupped, base color translucent pale yellow-ivory; sepals ovate, lateral sepals center flushed burgundy; petals margin spiculose; lip deep burgundy, midline yellow stripe; column pale yellow: substance good; texture translucent matte. Awarded as Trichosalpinx escobarii for rareness in cultivation and botanical significance.

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